Literacy and Illustrated Texts: Picturebooks, Comics and Graphic Novels

1 Course Unit

Students develop familiarity with illustrated materials - including picture books, comics, and graphic novels - while cultivating understanding of how illustrated texts like these can be used in 21st century elementary/ middle/secondary literacy curricula. Students complete individualized and group course projects that focus on illustrated texts in specific classroom, research, critical, theoretical, home, community, and/or professional contexts. Not Offered Every Year 1 Course Unit